Lecco–Bergamo railway

The Lecco–Bergamo railway is a railway line in Lombardy, Italy. The railway infrastructure is managed by the Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, which classifies it as one of its complementary lines. The passenger service is operated by Trenord as a regional service.

Lecco–Bergamo railway
Overview
Status	in use
Owner	RFI
Locale	Lombardy, Italy
Termini	Lecco Bergamo
Stations	9
Service
Type	heavy rail
Services	R7
Route number	185
Operator(s)	Trenord
History
Opened	1863
Technical
Line length	33 km (21 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3 kV DC overhead line
Route map km elev from Tirano 32.933 Lecco 214 m to Como and to Monza 29.713 Lecco Maggianico 207 m 27.515 Vercurago-San Girolamo 209 m 26.046 Calolziocorte 210 m to Milan 17.956 Cisano-Caprino Bergamasco 262 m 14.766 Pontida 297 m 11.572 Ambivere-Mapello 271 m from Seregno 7.742 Ponte San Pietro 240 m Brembo Curno (planned) 2.955 Bergamo Ospedale (opened 2017) from Milan 0.000 Bergamo junction FVB lines to Clusone (closed 1967) and to Piazza Brembana (closed 1966) to Brescia km Source: Italian railway atlas

History

The railway from Lecco to Bergamo was built by the Società delle Strade Ferrate della Lombardia e dell'Italia Centrale (Lombardy and Central Italy Railway Company) and opened on 4 November 1863.

The section from Lecco to Calolziocorte has also been used by the Lecco–Milan railway since 1873. The Bergamo–Ponte San Pietro section has also used been by the Seregno-Bergamo line since the completion of the Carnate–Ponte San Pietro section in 1889.

In 2015, the Province of Bergamo, the region of Lombardy and some local parliamentarians requested and obtained government funding for the doubling of the section between Ponte San Pietro and Montello, the building of the new Bergamo Ospedale station at the Papa Giovanni XXIII hospital and a suburban service between the two Bergamo stations.

Standards

The line is 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge and single-track line, except on the Lecco–Calolziocorte section, which is shared with the Monza–Lecco railway and is duplicated. It is entirely electrified at 3000 volts DC and it is signalled locally.

Rail traffic

Traffic is made up exclusively of Trenord regional services running between Lecco and Bergamo, stopping at all stations except Lecco Maggianico. Vercurago-San Girolamo is served only by some services.

The service includes a train every hour throughout the day, present both on weekdays and on holidays.

In addition to the trains departing from Lecco at 6.30 and 7.02 and from Bergamo at 6.08 and 7.00, the timetable includes departure at 12 minutes past the hour from Lecco between 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and at 8 minutes past the hour from Bergamo from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Train normally cross in Cisano-Caprino Bergamasco.

See also

• List of railway lines in Italy

References

Sources

• Zaninelli, Sergio (1995). Le ferrovie in Lombardia tra Ottocento e Novecento (in Italian). Milan: Edizioni Il Polifilo. ISBN 8870501957.
• RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 28 (Lecco–Bergamo) (in Italian). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.
• Tuzza, Alessandro, ed. (1927). "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926" (in Italian). Ufficio Centrale di Statistica delle Ferrovie dello Stato/Trenidicarta.it. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
• Atlante ferroviario d'Italia e Slovenia [Railway atlas of Italy and Slovenia]. Schweers + Wall. 2010. ISBN 978-3-89494-129-1.